could do, and no caufe hath been given to prejudiced men to impute this 
cure to the Preparation rather, then to the Operation it felfl 
We hear of mauy other fick perfons, who poflibly may find relief from 
this Experiment. I fhall not fail to let you know the fuccefs of it in good 
time; ' ' 
•' ' ' : ■ _ ■ . i . .. : : : 
An Exaft Narrative 
of m Hermaphrodite notv in London. 
This was communicated by the ingenious Dr. Tho. Alien (now a Fellow 
of the R. Society ) to a friend of his in a Latino Letter, in which as it was 
imparted to thefaid Society , fo it was thought fit to publifh it here for the 
view of the Learned ; vie. 
I N ter varios infilentefq; Nat nr a lufus, Meant? an err ores , quos apud eos J 
qui de Androgynis egerunt (quorum feripta fedulo deditaq • opera perlu- 
firavij in lucem produtlos adhuevidere mihi contigit, vix alimn quenquam 
not at u digniorem memini occnrrere hocipfo , quern tibi, Erudite Vir, imprafen- 
tiarum exhibeo . Neq\ enim hune > quem jam deferiptum eo, Hermaphrodi- 
turn, aut fpurcljjimis ill is faminis, qua apud Graecos TeaCdia audiunt^ apud 
jEgyptios vero frequentijjime reperiebantur,annumerandum , aut cunt deferip - 
time quacmq hafaenus quod feiam evulgata , ullatenus quadrare exiJHmo . 
Ztnde nec prorfm indignus mihi videtur, qui nativis defittus coloribus, abfque 
omni verborumfuco , IllufiriJJima LebHffmaque Regiae Societatis & tuis ocu - 
its ufurpandus veniat . 
Nomen ipfi efi Anna Wilde j natus veroefl (condonandus enim Hermaphro- 
dite foLcifmus) Menfe Februario, ipfi Purification is feflo, Amo falutis ? 
1647. in pago non ignobili Agri Hamptonienfis, vulgo Ringwood. Sexto 
atatis anno inter fait andum colluctandumq-, cum pueris coataneis ( quosomnes 
viribus facile fuperabat ) extuberationes dua, Herniarum diSla- 
rum , primum emicuere j quibus in ordinem redigendis ( id enim Hits animierat ) 
Chirurgi diu operam luferunt. T efiiculi enim erant , quijam pragrandes faSt i, 
ferotis cut aneis, corrugatisy>ilifq^ obfitis inclufi^ non alio diferimine a Virilibus 
naturaliter fe habentibus diftinguuntur , quam quod finguli teftes fuo froprio 
divifiq-, ab invicem hie fcroto gaudeant fit a tarnen elongato , ut ex utriufq^pro- 
duHUone confingantur labia Vulva. 
In finu Muliebri (ut jam a Mercurio ad Venerem tranfeamus) Nymphae 
& Carunculae Myrtiformes, Integra fat is fe produnt : & membranula 
q Madam, a Perinseo furfum tendente , media pars V viva tegitur. Clitoris non 
apparet. V ter us ejufq ■, cervix a commmifi qui oris fix us lege ne minimum 
quidem recedunt . ZJ[q-,ad tertium fupra decimum at atis annum pro f amelia 
hub it us, & famineo vefiitu indutus , munera iHi fix ui deftinata inter f aminos 
afidue obibat. Cum forte vero pant [ubigendo firemam navaret operam , en 
